Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-08-05
PITH AND POINT.

1--WE can not afford to become tho
dumping ground of the world for its
vicious or ignorant or worthless or dis
eased," said Mr. Depew in his address
at Saratoga. 1t is timely and whole.
some truth, without any tinge or flavor
of acknowledgement New York Graph
&C.
Queen Victoria failed to provide n
place for the fashionable Deadwood
coach in her jubilee procession, but it is
hoped that she meant no offense. -Neao
York World.
Possibly that rascally English emf
grant agent who is dumping British
paupers on our shores has assured
these unfortunate persons that they will
all get pensions on arriving in this
country. -LouiSUilLe Courier-JournaL
The interstate commerce law inter-
feres with number OF people who
would briefly and brilliantly shine at
summer resorts at the expense of rail-
way corporations. -LeavenWorM Times,
The wheat corner in Chicago which
wrecked the Fidelity bank is only part
of the general speculative craze which
has further work to Go before the coun-
try comes back TO its senses. Missouri
Republican.
An eastern paper says that 1.-The
heaviest man who ever graduated from
Yale.is Alexander Coke, of this years
class, who tips the scales at 2S5
pounds" As Mr.. Coke appears to
have been unable to train down to an
oarsman or ballplayer he may have
learned something at Yale. Chicago
Times.
A young couple who proposed visit
inc the summit of Mount Washington
registered at the Glen house as 1.-TWO
for ascent, - Boston Commercial BuI-
ietin.
Advices from from Panama Indicate
that the great canal is being eXcavated
! just about fast enough to bury the men
who die in the work. - Philadelphia IN
quirer.
Canadians welcome United States
citizens alike whether they have made
/ long or a short haul Cleveland Plan,
| Ded'er.
Gen. Grant spoke of Ben Butler "a
the bottled general He would have
been twice as valuable if he had never
burst his cork. -Ne,0 York GrapAtc.
There is scheme on foot in Chica-
90 to organize a gigantic whisky trust.
A long period of no trust in the
matter of whisky is what has been
chiefly bothering n large number OF
genially disposed cit zens.-Ncw York
/ World
! The Chicago people hope to become
good by sending the bad men among
them TO the penitentiary. They may
succeed, but the result will be to leave
them only village population.
quincy Herald
To put stop 10 the mnlttudeS OF
rumors to the contrary. it can be said that
Miss Nina Van Zandt is in very good
/ health. Unfortunately. the same can
be said of the convicted anarchists. -
! Chicago Times.
Col. Tolliver was entirely too handy
with his weapons to be popular men,
Der of society. and now that he appears
to have cashed in his blue checks. Ii
seems not Inappropriate that the people
of Kentucky shall have q sort of
queens jubilee. -LoutsUllle Courier
Journal
Mrs. Guelph's jubilee was q big
thing but in another twenty-five years
the people of England will have dis
: covered that they are the real rulers OF
the realm. atlanta Constitution.
The analysis of the drugs sold in Now
York which was lately procured by The
World showed that nearly 40 per cent.
were below the standard of purity.
This, however, is not as bad as it APP
pears. for The World has also shown
by analysis that New York whisky is
of very good quality, and whisky is
about the only medicine that New York
ers ever take. -Chicago Times.